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  • November 29, 2022 at 6:50 pm #139379

    John Kelly
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    Vessel Name: SeaNile
    Engines: Boat Shopping
    Location: Upper Chesapeake Bay
    Country: USA

    Installing 500w block heater pad on my QSM11s.  Do I opt for the standard pad or the ones with the thermostat?  Says on at 170 and off at 200 or just go with the constant on model?

     

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  • December 4, 2022 at 3:08 pm #139531

    John Siegfried
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    Vessel Name: CHRISIBYL
    Engines: CAT C9
    Location: Wisconsin
    Country: United States

    Mount a line voltage thermostat with an outlet on it in the ER and power the heaters through that.

    November 30, 2022 at 6:19 pm #139410

    Tony Athens
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    Vessel Name: Local Banks
    Engines: QSB 6.7 550 HP
    Location: Oxnard, CA
    Country: USA

    EXACT  make/type/model heater  pad is ?? 

    Heater pad installs how/where on the engine?

    EXACT vessel location ?? 

    Twin engines?

     

     

    November 30, 2022 at 4:46 pm #139406

    John
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    Engines: QSCs
    Location: NYC
    Country: USA

    Don’t know but I use a timer as I use my boat on a relatively regular sched and don’t think I need them on 24/7

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